Cast: Claire Dodd

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Claire Dodd. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


Footlight Parade

1933 · Movie · 104 min. · United States

6.8

257 votes

6.8

257 votes

Hard to Handle

1933 · Movie · 78 min. · United States

Direction Mervyn LeRoy

Cast James Cagney · Mary Brian · Allen Jenkins · Ruth Donnelly

Plot Small time con artist Lefty Merrill has co-organized a crooked dance marathon and set-up his girlfriend to win the prize money. When his partner disappears with money before the contest...

6.4

42 votes

6.4

42 votes

Roberta

1935 · Movie · 106 min. · United States

Direction William A. Seiter

Cast Irene Dunne · Fred Astaire · Ginger Rogers · Randolph Scott

Plot Football player John Kent tags along as Huck Haines and the Wabash Indianians travel to an engagement in Paris, only to lose it immediately. John and company visit his aunt,...

6.3

170 votes

6.3

170 votes

The Glass Key

1935 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

Direction Frank Tuttle

Cast George Raft · Claire Dodd · Rosalind Keith · Charles Richman

Plot Ed Beaumont is the personal friend, advisor and bodyguard to Paul Madvig, the political boss of a large city. When a mysterious murder is committed---the son of a Madvig political...

6.3

58 votes

6.3

58 votes

The Black Cat

1941 · Movie · 70 min. · United States

Direction Albert S. Rogell

Cast Basil Rathbone · Hugh Herbert · Broderick Crawford · Bela Lugosi

Plot Greedy heirs gather to wait for the death of Henrietta Winslow. Murder, thunder claps, howling cats, gun shots, screams in the night, hidden passages -- all the proper ingredients.

6.1

129 votes

6.1

129 votes

Gambling Lady

1934 · Movie · 66 min. · United States

Direction Archie Mayo

Cast Barbara Stanwyck · Joel McCrea · Pat O'Brien · Claire Dodd

Plot A businesslike syndicate runs all the gambling joints in town; least profitable is honest Mike Lee's. Under pressure to allow cheating, Mike "walks out," leaving tough-minded daughter Lady Lee to...

5.9

36 votes

5.9

36 votes

Ex-Lady

1933 · Movie · 67 min. · United States

Direction Robert Florey

Cast Bette Davis · Gene Raymond · Frank McHugh · Monroe Owsley

Plot Commercial artist Helen Bauer believes marriage kills romance. She lives with advertising writer Don Peterson. He convinces her to marry him. He later carries on with client Peggy Smith; Helen...

5.8

47 votes

5.8

47 votes

Slightly Honorable

1939 · Movie · 85 min. · United States

Direction Tay Garnett

Cast Pat O'Brien · Edward Arnold · Broderick Crawford · Ruth Terry

Plot A lawyer is framed for the murder of a young party girl and tries to clear his name.

5.7

119 votes

5.7

119 votes

In the Navy

1941 · Movie · 86 min. · United States

Direction Arthur Lubin

Cast Bud Abbott · Lou Costello · Dick Powell · Claire Dodd

Plot Russ Raymond, America's number one crooner, disappears and joins the Navy under the name Tommy Halstead. Dorothy Roberts, a magazine journalist, is intent on finding out what happened to Russ...

5.6

81 votes

5.6

81 votes

Man Wanted

1932 · Movie · 62 min. · United States

Direction William Dieterle

Cast Kay Francis · David Manners · Una Merkel · Andy Devine

Plot Lois is the editor of the 400 Magazine and is a work-a-holic. When Tom comes to her office to sell her a rowing machine, he leaves as her personal secretary....

5.6

25 votes

5.6

25 votes

Lawyer Man

1932 · Movie · 72 min. · United States

Direction William Dieterle

Cast William Powell · Joan Blondell · David Landau · Helen Vinson

Plot Idealistic attorney Anton Adam makes headlines when he successfully prosecutes a prominent New York racketeer named Gilmurry. Adam's sudden renown attracts the attention of high-profile legal eagle Granville Bentley, who...

5.4

22 votes

5.4

22 votes

The Case of the Curious Bride

1935 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

Direction Michael Curtiz

Cast Warren William · Margaret Lindsay · Donald Woods · Claire Dodd

Plot Rhoda Montaine learns that her first husband, Gregory Moxley, is still alive, which makes things awkward for her, since she has remarried Carl, the son of wealthy C. Phillip Montaine....

5.0

28 votes

5.0

28 votes

The Mad Doctor of Market Street

1942 · Movie · 61 min. · United States

Direction Joseph H. Lewis

Cast Una Merkel · Lionel Atwill · Nat Pendleton · Claire Dodd

Plot A mad scientist is forced to leave San Francisco when his experiments become known. He lands on a tropical island, takes control and terrorizes the local populace. The survivor of...

4.6

22 votes

4.6

22 votes

The Case of the Velvet Claws

1936 · Movie · 63 min. · United States

Direction William Clemens

Cast Warren William · Claire Dodd · Wini Shaw · Bill Elliott

Plot Perry and Della are finally married by his old friend, Judge Mary. They plan to go on a honeymoon, but before it can start, Perry is retained by a woman...

Not rated

Not rated

Our Blushing Brides

1930 · Movie · 102 min. · United States

Direction Harry Beaumont

Cast Joan Crawford · Anita Page · Dorothy Sebastian · Robert Montgomery

Plot Three department store girls--Connie, Franky, and Jerry--share an apartment on West 91st Street in New York City. Each earns little more than 20 dollars per week. Jerry is the sensible...

Not rated

Not rated

The Secret Call

1931 · Movie · 70 min. · United States

Not rated

Not rated

My Woman

1933 · Movie · 76 min. · United States

Direction Victor Schertzinger

Cast Helen Twelvetrees · Victor Jory · Wallace Ford · Claire Dodd

Plot Vaudeville hoofer's wife Twelvetrees lies about her marital status to get hubby Ford a break with Jory, an honest radio executive . Conscience gets the better of her, and she...

Not rated

Not rated

Secret of the Chateau

1934 · Movie · 66 min. · United States

Direction Richard Thorpe

Cast Claire Dodd · Alice White · Osgood Perkins · Jack La Rue

Plot Inspector Marotte, attending an auction of rare collectible books previously ownded by the recently murdered M. Le Duc de Poisse, hopes he can catch his old nemesis Prahec, a murderer...

Not rated

Not rated

The Broken Wing

1932 · Movie · 71 min. · United States

Direction Lloyd Corrigan

Cast Lupe Velez · Leo Carrillo · Melvyn Douglas · George Barbier

Plot In a little Mexican village by the American border. However powerful big shot Captain Innocencio (a misnomer indeed!)is, he proves unable to charm Lolita, the shapely daughter of his neighbor,...

Not rated

Not rated

Romance in the Dark

1938 · Movie · 77 min. · United States

Direction H.C. Potter

Cast Gladys Swarthout · John Boles · John Barrymore · Claire Dodd

Plot Gladys Swarthout, formerly of the Met, stars as Ilona Boros, a peasant girl with a magnificent voice who becomes a pawn in the rivalry between opera tenor Tony Kovach (John...

Not rated

Not rated